Captagon

The seized materials are now in the custody of the security agencies. (AFP file photo)

Lebanese army destroys major captagon and crystal meth lab, seals off tunnel

  • Forces seize ‘huge quantity’ of narcotics from the manufacturing facility in the town of Yammoune in the Baalbek region
  • 10 tonnes of equipment used by the lab destroyed or dismantled; 300m entrance tunnel and storage area filled in
By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

Analysis What Assad’s overthrow revealed about Syrian regime’s Captagon empire

What Assad’s overthrow revealed about Syrian regime’s Captagon empire

By Jonathan Gornall ·